Anti-Slavery International

Anti-Slavery International (known as the Anti-Slavery Society before 1991), "founded in 1839, is the world's oldest international human rights organisation and the only charity in the United Kingdom to work exclusively against slavery and related abuses. "


 * Director – Aidan McQuade

Free the Slaves -- our sister organisation.

In 1999 they received a single small grant from the Westminster Foundation for their work in Nepal.

Anti-Slavery Award
Anti-Slavery International instituted the Anti-Slavery Award in 1991 to draw attention to the continuing problem of slavery in the world today and to provide recognition for long-term, courageous campaigning by organisations or individuals in the countries most affected.


 * 1991: Bonded Labour Liberation Front (India)
 * 1992: Ricardo Rezende
 * 1993: End Child Prostitution in Asian Tourism (ECPAT)
 * 1994: Edwin Paraison
 * 1995: Harry Wu
 * 1996: Regional Indigenous Organisation of Atalaya (OIRA)
 * 1997: Pureza Lopes Loiola
 * 1998: Cheikh Saad Bouh Kamara
 * 1999: Vivek and Vidyullata Pandit
 * 2000: George Omona
 * 2001: Association for Community Development (ACD)
 * 2002: Backward Society Education (BASE)
 * 2003: Vera Lesko
 * 2004: Timidria
 * 2005: Cecilia Flores-Oebanda, (Visayan Forum Foundation)
 * 2006: James Aguer Figueira
 * 2007: Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW)

Publications

 * Anti-slavery: The Reporter and Aborigines Friend, by Alan Whittaker, Anti-Slavery International. Published by Anti-Slavery International, 1990.
 * Children in Bondage: Slaves of the Subcontinent, by Anti-Slavery International, Hope Hay Hewison, Alan Whittaker. Published by Anti-Slavery International, 1991. ISBN 0900918276.
 * Forced Prostitution in Turkey: Women in the Genelevs : a Report, by Anti-Slavery International, Anne-Marie Sharman. Contributor Anti-Slavery International Staff. Published by Anti-Slavery International, 1993. ISBN 0900918306.
 * Britain's Secret Slaves: An Investigation Into the Plight of Overseas Domestic Workers in the United Kingdom, by Bridget Anderson, Anti-Slavery International, Kalayaan (Organisation), Migrant Domestic Workers (Organisation). Published by Anti-Slavery International, 1993. ISBN 0900918292.
 * Slavery in Brazil: A Link in the Chain of Modernisation : the Case of Amazonia, by Alison Sutton, Anti-Slavery International. Published by Anti-Slavery International, 1994. ISBN 0900918322.
 * This Menace of Bonded Labour': Debt Bondage in Pakistan, by Anti-Slavery International. Published by Anti-Slavery International, 1997. ISBN 0900918357.
 * Slavery in Sudan, by Peter Verney, Anti-Slavery International, Sudan Update. Published by Sudan Update, Anti-Slavery International, 1997. ISBN 090091839X.
 * Enslaved Peoples in the 1990s: Indigenous Peoples, Debt Bondage and Human Rights, by Anti-Slavery International, International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs. Published by IWGIA, 1997. ISBN 0900918403.
 * Redefining Prostitution as Sex Work on the International Agenda, by Jo Bindman, Jo Doezema, Anti-Slavery International, Published by Anti-Slavery International, 1997.
 * Anti-slavery Reporter, by Anti-Slavery International. Published by The Society, 1998.
 * Debt Bondage: Slavery Around the World, by Anti-Slavery International, Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace. Published by Anti-Slavery International ; Development and Peace, 1999. ISBN 292193602X.
 * Human Traffic, Human Rights: Redefining Victim Protection, by Elaine Pearson, Anti-Slavery International. Published by Anti-Slavery International, 2002. ISBN 0900918551.
 * International Action Against Child Labour: Guide to Monitoring and Complaints Procedures, by Pins Brown, Anti-Slavery International, Published by Anti-Slavery International, 2002.
 * The Cocoa Industry in West Africa: A History of Exploration, by Anti-Slavery International. Published by Anti-Slavery International, 2004.
 * Over 200 Years of Campaigning Against Slavery, by Mike Kaye, Anti-Slavery International. Published by Anti-Slavery International, 2005. ISBN 0900918616.

Critical Resources

 * Bonny Ibhawoh, Imperialism and Human Rights: Colonial Discourses of Rights and Liberties in African History (SUNY Press, 2006).
 * Bro Bangarah, “Will the Real William Wilberforce Please Stand Up? (Part 1 and Part 2),” Pambazuka News, February/March 2007.
 * Michael Barker, "Combating (Some) Slavery", Swans Commentary, September 7, 2009.

Contact

 * Web: http://www.antislavery.org

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